Our women’s national team played the fifth game of the FIBA 2025 Eurobasket Qualifiers on Thursday. On the road in Bosnia, the FLBB squad dominated from the start and finally won 78:37.
Starting 5: Anne Simon, Magaly Meynadier, Amanda Cahill, Svenia Nurenberg, Laurie Irthum
Anne Simon (13 points) and Amanda Cahill (9) sparked the team in the first half and Luxembourg led 35:19 at the break. Luxembourg continued to play strong and cruised to a big victory that keeps the dream alive of qualifying for the European Championship.
Anne Simon led the team with 25 points, Amanda Cahill added 19 and Isa Hämäläinen scored 12 points.
game stats –> boxscore FIBA
The game Switzerland – Montenegro ended with a 55:47 victory for Switzerland. This opens the opossibility for a potential 3-team tie on Sunday.
Here is the situation if Switzerland beats Bosnia:
–> Luxembourg finishes first in the group with a victory or a loss by 10 points or less
–> Luxembourg finishes second in the group with a loss between 11-23 points
–> Luxembourg finishes third with a loss by more than 24 points
Here is the situation if Switzerland loses against Bosnia
–> Luxembourg finishes the group first with a win or a loss by less than 22 points
–> Luxembourg finishes the group second with a loss by more than 22 points
Previous results and upcoming games of Luxembourg:
Switzerland – Luxembourg 48:56
Luxembourg – Bosnia 77:64
Luxembourg – Montenegro 71:49
Luxembourg – Switzerland 44:59
Bosnia – Luxembourg 37:78
February 9th 2025: Montenegro – Luxembourg (16:00)
Head coach Mariusz Dziurdzia: „We executed the game plan extremely well because we wanted to be aggressive on the defensive end and put pressure on the opponent. Furthermore, once we had a feeling that we could win the game, it was about scoring as many points as possible because we did not know how Switzerland and Montenegro would play and every point can count in the end. It was an exceptional team effort, especially our will and fighting spirit. »
